Example and grammatical analysis
Arabic exampleMeaningGrammatical point
جَاءَ أَبُوكَYour father came.nominative with wāw
رَأَيْتُ أَبَاكَI saw your father.accusative with alif
مَرَرْتُ بِأَبِيكَI passed by your father.genitive with yāʾ
جَاءَ الْمُعَلِّمَانِThe two teachers came.nominative dual